Mageia alert MGASA-2022-0290 (libxml2)

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[updates-announce] MGASA-2022-0290: Updated libxml2 packages fix security vulnerability
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Sat, 20 Aug 2022 12:05:17 +0200
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Article
MGASA-2022-0290 - Updated libxml2 packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 20 Aug 2022
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2022-0290.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 8
CVE: CVE-2016-3709

Description:
It was discovered that libxml2 incorrectly handled certain XML files. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code
(CVE-2016-3709).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30712
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5548-1
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-3709

SRPMS:
- 8/core/libxml2-2.9.10-7.5.mga8